Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There, and Where It Is Heading
by Jonathan Fenby Interesting China book
by Jonathan Fenby Interesting China book
by Yu Hua. Looks like an insightful book on China. Just read this essay by the author.
http://spring2013.carlsonschoolmagazine.com/2013/03/startup-china/
Nice to see a couple of eco preneurs succeeding in Shanghai! Possible site visit?
Great themes- urbanization and sustainability. Nice website!
A wonky McKinsey set of predictions. Nice middle class analysis.
CNN has a bunch of quirky city videos on this site, including ones on Shanghai, Beijing and Sao Paulo.
Great event this week!
The Economist discusses how Lenovo got big, branded and value-added.
A good article from MITSloan on business relationships in China.
Good summary, NEST sounds promising.
Nice report by McKinsey- check out the charts! 65% of econ growth now to 2025 from mid-sized cities.
MinnPost article on biz in SIP.
Big conference in my Beijing hotel today. Yet another link in the global value chain.
Good enough for the emperor! Wenyu Yogurt Shop
Chinese design perspectives from a recent Beijing conference. Some INBAR references
Great blog with Chinese cultural insights.
Great graphics,survey from GE, global differences
Jim O'Neill at Goldman expounds on BRICS in NYT article.
http://www.thoughtfulchina.com/the-chinese-dream-stability-security-and-wealth-trump-personal-freedom-en.html
McKinsey insights on consumer trends Regional differences and growth trends.
"Medtronic incorporated a state-of-the art training facility into the new China headquarters building. The training facility, named The Innovation Experience Center and open to Medtronic employees and customers, features a virtual cath lab, a future surgical room and a telemedicine room, and provides a place for employees and customers to gain hands-on experience with the latest technologies."
An example of younger generation self expression.
is a business incubator for young, sustainable entrepreneurs in Shanghai.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/85b7d50a-6f64-11e0-952c-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1KbL9Gr69
Fine tuning the one child policy, according to CSM.
are hedging their investments in many ways.
Why you want to buy your BIg Macs in China, instead of Brazil, according to the Economist
Urbanatomy and Time Out Beijing are useful.
Wow buildings, some in Shanghai.
Shang Xia is Hermes' attempt to create a local Chinese luxury brand. China is projected to be world's largest luxury goods market by 2015.
for 'Shanghai hipsters'.
from Wharton
A great looking capstone class at Stanford on BOP innovation
Interesting article looking at cities as a unit of sustainability, focusing on China.
Seven cities of 10M+. The view from McKinsey
Good overview from the Economist http://www.economist.com/node/17580583
Brazilian supermarket chain uses a tracking system to make sure beef doesn't come from rain forest cleared land. Greenpeace role as well.
Interesting global networking model for design http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662340/nussbaum-china-india-mexico-and-brazil-embrace-design-thinking
http://shanghai.urbanatomy.com/index.php/life-a-style/hotels/3100-moganshans-new-digs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/business/global/18research.html?pagewanted=2&ref=homepage&src=me
This could be an interesting IBUS 3010 case and site visit in Beijing
You tube Chinese language video, one of many.
A good article from Ad Age China by PT Black, Jigsaw International in Shanghai.
Good HBR article 12/09? re: GE global innovations that end up expanding US market. Ex- low cost diagnostic equipment for China, 85% price reduction. Aneesh Chopra, US gov. Chief technology officer
From spring 09 Qn
Good article about collaboration with Cirque du Soleil in 2005
The Legation Quarter is a new development near our hotel. Same developer as the Courtyard Restaurant
And one about Ford with global implications.
In an article from the La Times, getting prescription eyeglasses are cheap and quick.
An interesting Chinese language site. Also a good interview with a design entrepreneur at in Shanghai 10 min+ of video on home page. Hen hao!
Professor Gao Jian from Tsinghua was part of this conference on innovation and BRIC nations. There are slides accessible through registration. Could be interesting to explore this summer's conference. Much of the research is based on globelics. Many good concepts for MGMT 4050 Brazil
Interesting attempt to preserve old hutong neighborhood.
Mark McNeilly has written a series of interesting strategy books drawing on traditional Chinese philosophy. Here is his site. Today he talked about building brand by tapping into cultural uniqueness. For example Japanese Lenovo designers using bento boxes as an inspiration for Thinkpad design.
36 hours in Shanghai 3 15 09
A 2007 article in Fast Company but many good leads included, including Jigsaw International.
Good Economist article on why 50% of the world is now middle class. The China charts are quite interesting.
Ten great minutes on Chinese business etiquette by Greg Bissky in this youtube video. Another video from his site.
This article shows the trend of Chinese seeking value added brands through investment. Vicarious by Nature would be a good case.
Predictor of future VC activity by quarter
Could be good case for China course URBN Hotel
from NYT:
"URBN Hotels Shanghai (86-21-5153-4600; www.urbnhotels.com) is a super eco-chic boutique hotel. It is the first carbon-neutral hotel in China and has one of the most unique designs I have ever seen."
Nice stylish website with China info. Napa Wine Bar & Kitchen restaurant, 57 Jiangyin Rd., looks like a new attempt to introduce Shanghai to fine wine.
What will it take for Chinese brands such as Li-Ning to compete with established global brands? A good NYT article summarizes the issues.
Another great article from the NYT on the evolving strategies for Chinese manufacturers toward higher value added business.
great article on the dynamics of manufacturing in China
Nice feature to draw characters and learn their meanings.
http://www.nciku.com/
It is a little tough to navigate, but useful.
http://chinese.rutgers.edu/index.htm
very stylish new/old China combo
http://www.green-t-house.com
https://www.wellsfargo.com/com/research/economics/country/asiapacific
all in Chinese, but quite interesting
http://sh.edushi.com/
A possible case, expat run ecotourism. Website also discusses Moganshan
Very helpful!
http://www.exploreshanghai.com/metro/
Another electronic-based language learning program takes a different approach: podcasting. Praxis Language, based in Shanghai, offers free lessons in Mandarin Chinese (ChinesePod.com)
Nice Christensen like observation about global strategy. Good emphasis on role of social contributions.
http://www.aperianglobal.com/publications_newsletter.asp
Good summary info for presentation preparation:
http://www.economist.com/countries/China/index.cfm
Managing the Dragon (Crown; $27.50), Jack Perkowski's story of his almost 13 years running Asimco, an automotive components maker, in China is therefore a rare treat—a first-hand account of the struggle to build a business there. Tim Clissold, Mr Perkowski's former colleague, has already described how Asimco's Chinese partners cheated it out of millions, in his riveting 2004 book, “Mr China�. But Mr Perkowski hung on, and his wise and ultimately optimistic account should be required reading for anyone starting a business in China. Mr Perkowski is sensible on every issue—from the need to nurture (and listen to) local managers to the relative importance of local over central government relations. Most of all, foreigners must not shun the impossibly cut-throat local market because the price paid for a product in China today will be its price globally tomorrow. (from the Economist)
The Latest on Technology Deals From Dow Jones VentureWire WSJ
January 28, 2008; Page R4
Breaking the Language Barrier
"Some say the best way to learn a language is to interact with native speakers. LiveMocha Inc. is letting people do just that without having to live in a foreign country.
The company, based in Bellevue, Wash., is building an online social network for people to learn foreign languages with each other. The company's site, LiveMocha.com, carries about 160 hours of lessons that people can use to learn one of six languages. But the focus is allowing people to teach each other. Users can write on the site in a foreign language or upload an audio file of a spoken passage and have others who are native speakers assist them in correcting the submission. Users can also chat live via text, audio or video with others who want to give or receive assistance on a language. The site also allows people to create a profile and link to friends on the site.
LiveMocha, which was founded in February and launched its site in September, says it has roughly 130,000 users. It raised $5.3 million this month in Series A funding led by Maveron LLC to further the development of the site, including adding more content and different languages."
Since September we have been operating from our new location at 2003 Hami Lu;
fine tuning our delivery system and continuing to spread word of the benefits of live
bacterial yogurt. Excitingly, Hami Lu will soon be the location for our new cafe:
'Bébémamie Concept'.
Nice article on how to wade into China as a big company. Sign up needed for McKinsey quarterly.
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1799&l2=16&l3=17&srid=7&gp=1
http://www.forbes.com/leadership/innovation/2006/10/25/carrefour-china-chereau-qanda-biz-cx_pnc_1025mckinsey.html
We talk about China all the time. In fact, I just got a book on these issues called Dragons at your door. And I've been in touch with a guy in China. He did a piece on Quality Fade in China.
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CHINA SHAKES THE WORLD: A Titan’s Rise and Troubled Future — and the Challenge for America, by James Kynge. (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin, $14.95.) Kynge, the former China bureau chief of The Financial Times, offers a nuanced, well-reported description of China’s rapid economic rise. He also points to China’s vulnerabilities, like pollution and corruption.
new in paperback
Good evidence why China is booming
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7B3D345195%2DEBA1%2D4A70%2DB837%2DAC31D8D14A64%7D&siteid=dlbk
other point of view:
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/chinas-ipo-boom-falters-risk/story.aspx?guid=%7B79903C1B%2D54BC%2D45DD%2DBB04%2D03E6CCC580E0%7D
New import from China. Might be interesting to look at Frutzzo in 3010.
From China, Only in a Bottle, a Berry With an Alluring Name
http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?emc=tnt&tntget=2007/12/12/dining/12yumb.html&tntemail1=y
Putting on conference in Beijing March 08. Shaker speaking.
Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Tsinghua University ,Beijing,China
March 27—29，2008
http://www.iacmr.org/newsletter_07_4.htm
An interesting article:
Tsui-Auch and Mollering win Dexter Award
Tsui-Auch, L.S. and Möllering, G. won the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award. Their paper was published in the Best Paper Proceedings of the 2007 Academy of Management Meeting. The title of the paper is “Wary Managers/Investors: Vulnerability, Control, Trust, and Distrust in Foreign Enterprises in China.�
Joan is with the China Center and is offering the mini course below. She may be a good resource for the spring China class.
China: Contrast and Contradiction
Joan Brzezinski
For political, economic, and social purposes, China is often painted with a broad brush. It is indeed a diverse country with a long history, many cultural treasures, and warm and interesting people. But it is also a fascinating study in contrast and contradiction. China is at once complicated and simple, rich and poor, advanced and backward, incompetent and efficient, engaged and isolated, ancient and modern, foreign and friendly, and capitalist and communist. This session offers a chance to learn some of the truths that lie beneath general perceptions of the world's most populous country now that it has become a pivotal economic player and international tourist destination.
Feed back from a 2006 Harvard trip to China. Interesting list of companies
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5523.html
Former New York Times reporter and author Douglas McGill will discuss his book Here: A Global Citizen's Journey on Tuesday, October 9 at 2:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union.
Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, McGill saw clearly the consequences of American ignorance of the world. Using his reporting experiences and reflecting on his community of Rochester, Minnesota, McGill focuses on the international connections between Minnesota and the rest of the world. This "glocalsim", as defined by McGill, delivers a portrait of a specific American place where all of the flavors, colors, and personalities of foreign lands are reflected and global economic, social and environmental trends are intricately at work.
McGill has written about human rights, genocide, immigration and assimilation to American society. McGill will sign copies of his book following the discussion. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, or to order a signed copy visit www.bookstore.umn.edu/genref/authors.html.
Monthly news updates
http://www.economist.com/cities/briefing.cfm?city_id=SHA
Good comprehensive article from NYT on pollution situation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/world/asia/26china.html?em&ex=1188360000&en=3a0d26098171c368&ei=5087%0A
Important to get all of the nuance when discussing with students.
-Comparison to US and UK development phase
-US current record on pollution
-conflicting priorities in China
-entrepreneurial opportunities related to the environment
-impact on creative class economy
-political will in China
Nice NYT article from Lester Thurow on getting to the real numbers of China's growth.
http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?emc=tnt&tntget=2007/08/19/business/yourmoney/19view.html&tntemail1=y
From NYT:
"I just read a marvelous new book, “Shadow of the Silk Road,� by Colin Thubron, a peripatetic British journalist who followed the ancient trading route during the SARS outbreak of 2003. Thubron is of my generation, speaks Mandarin, can find local transportation, lodging and food in obscure villages, starting in Xian and moving north and west, where borders and language and religion and pigmentation have shifted over the millennia."
It is a complex problem. Good article about a regulator gone bad- in a bad system.
MTI supports MN business growth This article gives a good list of businesses, consultant and reading materials.
Minnesota Technology Magazine - Spring 2007
Made in China
Still think of China as a competitive threat? Think again. The country’s markets offer an enormous and growing opportunity for Minnesota manufacturers and tech companies. Here’s how to get started.
